Love the detailed metal extension brackets. Very clever and well done. And of course the slats of wood to give support too was a nice easy DIY for anyone pretty much. Breaking up the long foam into three smaller foam cushions is great idea because you can store the triples easier than a single long piece. Our Class B+ similar lay out and a little older the jack knife is 74 and will mate right into the dinette's converted bed to make a near King bed. Our only issue is it means someone will have to climb over another to get to the loo in middle of night. So we pretty much keep ours set up as two twins when two of us are camping and I set the dinette up as a short twin as it's 40 wide by 72 length for guests when I decide to take a gal friend along when I'm off to camp and hubby who hates camping prefers to stay home. I do a lot of solo camping too. For me I prefer just sleeping on the sofa not opened up I can sleep pretty much anywhere. I'm in process of reupholstering all the sofa and dinettes cushions and so am looking how you pull the sofa from the floor. So far only one other video out of 5 I've watched actually give you even a hint for our set up. The sofa bolts into the floor. But I'm getting the drift by watching all these videos. I need to inforce or fully replace the sofa's seat cushions. The back sofa cushions and dinette cushions are fine but the seat especially on one end has lost some of it's support. Sags when you sit into it but doesn't show it's saggy so we know where at least one of the past owners liked to sit most of the time. I've got years of experience upholstering including cars and vehicles and even a cub plane in leather once. Furniture from 9'4" sofas to recliners. Recliners are the worse or used to be in the 70's. So I would replace the sofa if I could figure out one that still provided the storage which is great under this sofa. It's a 22 year old class B+ and pretty much no storage on the outside or just enough for some tools and basics for utilities and what have you. I can put portable solar panels, campchairs, screen house 54" long 5 sided or smaller 4 sided or full size coleman canopy or my mini size canopy. I removed the awning and don't intend to put it back on. Loved getting rid of the weight which must be close to 70 or more pounds. Anyway enjoyed your way of extending the sofa. Our sofa has no arms but has loose arms and easy to add 10 even more inches on one end. I have a fill a faux suede ottoman cover that measures 17 x 17 x 13 inches. It's meant to be 13" high but I use 17" high on it's end and it tucks when stuffed with spare bedding at the end that's behind passenger seat and voila extended bed for husbands 6' frame when he joins me. And same space will hold my large solar lithium battery and top can act like a small table on that end too. There's a number of ways I can take advantage of that end. I was surprised that your jack knife sofa did not mate right into the dinette opened up too. Again I may over time decide to open the dinette up and make it up as a day bed instead. But I prefer to remove the table and use the floor space between benches for my folding bikes and folding inflatible sea kayaks which all have wonderful full cases. The space is big enough for two bikes and the two kayaks or one bike and one kayak too. I love the options with the floor design like I said very similar to yours. We can carry 3 to 5 passengers too. Dinette does not have seat belts but there's a place in Missoula MT that can install them properly to be legal seat belts. We decided to use only one on each side of the sofa but you could install 2 per side. The sofa holds three already properly bolted in place. Most of the time I'll be a solo female camping on m own. The more simple I keep it the better. And keeping all my options open is helpful too. I plan to drop the sofa skit down in front with a hinge so I can access the storage easier than always lifting the sofa. Maybe add a flat wide slide on rollers in time but for now I also will have to cut the front skirt in 2 pieces to accomodate the heat vent one about 1/4 of the kitchen side of the sofa too. Other than that consideration and even with that it's all very easy DIY projects. Wish me luck. I've never owned an RV before and 10 years ago would have said NEVER including 25 years ago my dear mother in law offering us a new 34 foot bus RV as a gift which both my non camping husband and I thought was way too much for us and not a fit at all. Looking back we were foolish because who said we'd have to keep it we could have sold and found one our size. Life likes to play with us and poke fun too. The wild fires up here have changed my mind after three years in a row having to pack up my camp and head home with near evacuation situations. It could take me 2 hours to pack up properly and if ever I needed to get out within 5-15 minutes it was clear I'd have to abandon most everything. So slowly over 6 -7 years I figured out what type and size of RV would fit our lives best. The small 21 foot is it. And when the relatives arrive from the midwest all together we have a vehicle to tour with all and at many of our ages in the 70's to 80's having our own bathroom and fridge on board is a huge plus. A win win for all. Thanks for such a lovely DIY and can see putting those braces to use. I'm thinking already a gate to keep those bikes and gear between the seats secure.
No instructions other than shown in video - sorry. I used 1” square aluminum and put wood dowels inside where the screws go to give extra “bite”. The screws for the 90 degree angle that hangs over the mail supply beam of the couch are drilled all the way through with nuts and washers on back.
I would use 1" 8020 Extruded Linear Slot Bar Rail, but this is a great idea. I very much like that it stores under the JK sofa.
Love the detailed metal extension brackets. Very clever and well done. And of course the slats of wood to give support too was a nice easy DIY for anyone pretty much. Breaking up the long foam into three smaller foam cushions is great idea because you can store the triples easier than a single long piece. Our Class B+ similar lay out and a little older the jack knife is 74 and will mate right into the dinette's converted bed to make a near King bed. Our only issue is it means someone will have to climb over another to get to the loo in middle of night. So we pretty much keep ours set up as two twins when two of us are camping and I set the dinette up as a short twin as it's 40 wide by 72 length for guests when I decide to take a gal friend along when I'm off to camp and hubby who hates camping prefers to stay home. I do a lot of solo camping too. For me I prefer just sleeping on the sofa not opened up I can sleep pretty much anywhere. I'm in process of reupholstering all the sofa and dinettes cushions and so am looking how you pull the sofa from the floor. So far only one other video out of 5 I've watched actually give you even a hint for our set up. The sofa bolts into the floor. But I'm getting the drift by watching all these videos. I need to inforce or fully replace the sofa's seat cushions. The back sofa cushions and dinette cushions are fine but the seat especially on one end has lost some of it's support. Sags when you sit into it but doesn't show it's saggy so we know where at least one of the past owners liked to sit most of the time. I've got years of experience upholstering including cars and vehicles and even a cub plane in leather once. Furniture from 9'4" sofas to recliners. Recliners are the worse or used to be in the 70's. So I would replace the sofa if I could figure out one that still provided the storage which is great under this sofa. It's a 22 year old class B+ and pretty much no storage on the outside or just enough for some tools and basics for utilities and what have you. I can put portable solar panels, campchairs, screen house 54" long 5 sided or smaller 4 sided or full size coleman canopy or my mini size canopy. I removed the awning and don't intend to put it back on. Loved getting rid of the weight which must be close to 70 or more pounds. Anyway enjoyed your way of extending the sofa. Our sofa has no arms but has loose arms and easy to add 10 even more inches on one end. I have a fill a faux suede ottoman cover that measures 17 x 17 x 13 inches. It's meant to be 13" high but I use 17" high on it's end and it tucks when stuffed with spare bedding at the end that's behind passenger seat and voila extended bed for husbands 6' frame when he joins me. And same space will hold my large solar lithium battery and top can act like a small table on that end too. There's a number of ways I can take advantage of that end. I was surprised that your jack knife sofa did not mate right into the dinette opened up too. Again I may over time decide to open the dinette up and make it up as a day bed instead. But I prefer to remove the table and use the floor space between benches for my folding bikes and folding inflatible sea kayaks which all have wonderful full cases. The space is big enough for two bikes and the two kayaks or one bike and one kayak too. I love the options with the floor design like I said very similar to yours. We can carry 3 to 5 passengers too. Dinette does not have seat belts but there's a place in Missoula MT that can install them properly to be legal seat belts. We decided to use only one on each side of the sofa but you could install 2 per side. The sofa holds three already properly bolted in place. Most of the time I'll be a solo female camping on m own. The more simple I keep it the better. And keeping all my options open is helpful too. I plan to drop the sofa skit down in front with a hinge so I can access the storage easier than always lifting the sofa. Maybe add a flat wide slide on rollers in time but for now I also will have to cut the front skirt in 2 pieces to accomodate the heat vent one about 1/4 of the kitchen side of the sofa too. Other than that consideration and even with that it's all very easy DIY projects. Wish me luck. I've never owned an RV before and 10 years ago would have said NEVER including 25 years ago my dear mother in law offering us a new 34 foot bus RV as a gift which both my non camping husband and I thought was way too much for us and not a fit at all. Looking back we were foolish because who said we'd have to keep it we could have sold and found one our size. Life likes to play with us and poke fun too. The wild fires up here have changed my mind after three years in a row having to pack up my camp and head home with near evacuation situations. It could take me 2 hours to pack up properly and if ever I needed to get out within 5-15 minutes it was clear I'd have to abandon most everything. So slowly over 6 -7 years I figured out what type and size of RV would fit our lives best. The small 21 foot is it. And when the relatives arrive from the midwest all together we have a vehicle to tour with all and at many of our ages in the 70's to 80's having our own bathroom and fridge on board is a huge plus. A win win for all. Thanks for such a lovely DIY and can see putting those braces to use. I'm thinking already a gate to keep those bikes and gear between the seats secure.
This is even better then what I was thinking avout doing to our jack knife sofa
Instead but along the same idea, I may add an ottoman to my JK. Smart idea.
Great video! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Clever.
Very creative solution!
Made em. Thanks
cool, I like it!
Do you have instructions on how exactly you made your brackets
No instructions other than shown in video - sorry. I used 1” square aluminum and put wood dowels inside where the screws go to give extra “bite”. The screws for the 90 degree angle that hangs over the mail supply beam of the couch are drilled all the way through with nuts and washers on back.